Allowances

4. 10(13A)read House rent allowance Least of the following is exempt:

with Rule 2A a) Actual HRA Received
b) 40% of Salary (50%, if
house situated in Mumbai,
Calcutta, Delhi or
Chennai)
c) Rent paid minus 10% of
salary
* Salary = Basic + DA (if part of
retirement benefit) + Turnover
based Commission
Note:
i. Fully taxable, if HRA
is received by an
employee who is
living in his own
house or if he does
not pay any rent
ii. It is mandatory for
employee to report
PAN of the
landlord to the
employer if rent
paid is more than
Rs. 1,00,000
[Circular No. 08
/2013 dated 10-10-
2013].

5. 10(14) Children education allowance Up to Rs. 100 per month per

child up to a maximum of 2
children is exempt

6. 10(14) Hostel expenditure allowance Up to Rs. 300 per month per

child up to a maximum of 2
children is exempt

7. 10(14) Transport allowance granted to an Up to Rs. 1600 per month (Rs.

employee to meet expenditure on 3200 per month for blind and
 commuting between place of residence handicapped employees) is
and place of duty exempt

8. Sec. 10(14) Allowance granted to an employee Amount of exemption shall be

working in any transport business to meet lower of following:
his personal expenditure during his duty a) 70% of such allowance; or
performed in the course of running of such
transport from one place to another place b) Rs. 10,000 per month.
provided employee is not in receipt of
daily allowance.

9. 10(14) Conveyance allowance granted to meet Exempt to the extent of

the expenditure on conveyance in expenditure incurred for official
performance of duties of an office purposes

10. 10(14) Travelling allowance to meet the cost of Exempt to the extent of
travel on tour or on transfer expenditure incurred for official
purposes

11. 10(14) Daily allowance to meet the ordinary daily Exempt to the extent of
charges incurred by an employee on expenditure incurred for official
account of absence from his normal place purposes
of duty

12. 10(14) Helper/Assistant allowance Exempt to the extent of

expenditure incurred for official
purposes

13. 10(14) Research allowance granted for Exempt to the extent of

encouraging the academic research and expenditure incurred for official
other professional pursuits purposes

14. 10(14) Uniform allowance Exempt to the extent of

expenditure incurred for official
purposes

15. 10(7) Any allowance or perquisite paid or Fully Exempt

allowed by Government to its employees
(an Indian citizen) posted outside India

16. - Allowances to Judges of High Fully Exempt.

Court/Supreme Court (Subject to certain
conditions)

17. 10(45) Following allowances and perquisites Fully Exempt

given to serving Chairman/Member of
UPSC is exempt from tax:
a) Value of rent free official residence
 b) Value of conveyance facilities
including transport allowance
c) Sumptuary allowance
d) Leave travel concession

18. - Allowances paid by the UNO to its Fully Exempt

employees

19. 10(45) Allowances to Retired Exempt subject to maximum of

Chairman/Members of UPSC (Subject to Rs. 14,000 per month for
certain conditions) defraying the services of an
orderly and for meeting
expenses incurred towards
secretarial assistant on contract
basis.

20. Sec. Special compensatory Allowance (Hilly Amount exempt from tax varies
10(14)read Areas) (Subject to certain conditions and from Rs. 300 to Rs. 7,000 per
with Rule locations) month.
2BB

21. Sec. Border area, Remote Locality or Disturbed Amount exempt from tax varies
10(14)read Area or Difficult Area Allowance (Subject from Rs. 200 to Rs. 1,300 per
with Rule to certain conditions and locations) month.
2BB

22. Sec. Tribal area allowance in (a) Madhya Up to Rs. 200 per month is
10(14)read Pradesh (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Uttar Pradesh exempt
with Rule (d) Karnataka (e) Tripura (f) Assam (g)
2BB West Bengal (h) Bihar (i) Orissa

23. Sec. Compensatory Field Area Allowance. If Up to Rs. 2,600 per month is
10(14)read this exemption is taken, employee cannot exempt
with Rule claim any exemption in respect of border
2BB area allowance (Subject to certain
conditions and locations)

24. Sec. Compensatory Modified Area Allowance. Up to Rs. 1,000 per month is
10(14)read If this exemption is taken, employee exempt
with Rule cannot claim any exemption in respect of
2BB border area allowance (Subject to certain
conditions and locations)

25. Sec. Counter Insurgency Allowance granted to Up to Rs. 3,900 per month is
10(14)read members of Armed Forces operating in exempt
with Rule areas away from their permanent
2BB locations. If this exemption is taken,
 employee cannot claim any exemption in
respect of border area allowance (Subject
to certain conditions and locations)

26. Sec. Underground Allowance to employees Up to Rs. 800 per month is

10(14)read working in uncongenial, unnatural climate exempt
with Rule in underground mines
2BB

27. Sec. High Altitude Allowance granted to armed a) Up to Rs. 1,060 per month
10(14)read forces operating in high altitude areas (for altitude of 9,000 to
with Rule (Subject to certain conditions and 15,000 feet) is exempt
2BB locations) b) Up to Rs. 1,600 per month
(for altitude above 15,000
feet) is exempt

28. Sec. Highly active field area allowance granted Up to Rs. 4,200 per month is
10(14)read to members of armed forces (Subject to exempt
with Rule certain conditions and locations)
2BB

29. Sec. Island Duty Allowance granted to Up to Rs. 3,250 per month is
10(14)read members of armed forces in Andaman and exempt
with Rule Nicobar and Lakshadweep group of Island
2BB (Subject to certain conditions and
locations)

30. 10(14) City Compensatory Allowance Fully Taxable

31. 10(14) Fixed Medical Allowance Fully Taxable

32. 10(14) Tiffin, Lunch, Dinner or Refreshment Fully Taxable

Allowance

33. 10(14) Servant Allowance Fully Taxable

34. 10(14) Project Allowance Fully Taxable

35. 10(14) Overtime Allowance Fully Taxable

36. 10(14) Telephone Allowance Fully Taxable

37. 10(14) Holiday Allowance Fully Taxable

38. 10(14) Any Other Cash Allowance Fully Taxable